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How can co-ops bridge divided communities? Advice from Protection Approaches

In an increasingly divided world, what role do co-ops have to play in building strong, cohesive…

Community co-ops in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland

How co-op values have helped to support close-knit communities spread across the sparsely populated region

Community co-op initiatives in Plymouth secure grants from Shared Prosperity Fund

Money goes to Cooperative Connections, which tackles food insecurity, and Nudge, which is developing an empty…

Welsh community comes together in effort to buy marina

The crowdfunder for the project – in Y Felinheli on the Menai Strait – closes on…

Media co-op Great Central Gazette looks to revive local journalism in Leicester

The co-op model adds transparency over funding and how stories are created, says managing editor Rhys…

Activist land trust secures funding to protect site in Bristol cultural quarter

Stokes Croft Land Trust has secured community shares and a loan to bring a creative hub…

Save Birmingham campaign for community spaces salutes cross-party support

'Working with communities and partners, we can help them to protect community places through co-operative solutions…

Locality launches election manifesto for ‘commmunity power revolution’

'We need a positive vision for the future and to reconnect our national debate with the…

Community forms co-op to rescue much-loved Birmingham hardware store

York Supplies has served its community for 75 years and has been saved from the developer…

Community businesses defy cost pressures to keep social purpose, says Plunkett report

'Times are hard for all businesses right now, but to see what the community-ownership sector continues…

Community gardening network Incredible Edible welcomes Hull’s ‘right to grow’ plan

The city council voted unanimously to allow the cultivation of fruit and veg on unused local…

Share offer launched to turn historic arcade into community-run shopping centre

Organisers want to raise £150,000 to cover start-up costs as they attract 'interesting businesses' to Victorian,…